Friday, 24 January 2014

Senior Tory MP Evans in court for sex charges

File photo of British politician Nigel Evans


The former deputy speaker of the British House of Commons is set to enter formal pleas over allegations of sexual offences against seven men.

Nigel Evans, the MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire in northern England since 1992, is to appear at Preston Crown Court on Friday for a plea and case management hearing, British media reported.
The court has set March 10 as a provisional date of his trial, which is scheduled to last roughly a month.

Evans, 55, is accused of committing eight sexual offences including one count of rape, five of sexual assault, and two of indecent assault, between January 2002 and April 2013.

He has been released on bail on condition that he does not contact any of his alleged victims.

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